Let's Brew Wednesday - 1939 Youngs X Ale

Youngs strongest Mild, X Ale, was fairly weak, by London standards. Just 1035º and 3.7% ABV. Where some brewers had versions over 4% ABV. Barclay Perkins, for example.

I’m being lazy again, taking the X Ale that was parti-gyled with the Ale above. Saves time writing the recipe. While also given you a realistic view of the relationships between the beers in a parti-gyle. At least, that’s my excuse.

It’s not all that dark. Though Mild did come in a variety of shades in London in the 1930s. All of Barclay Perkins Milds came in semi-dark and dark versions. As brewed, they were semi-dark. The dark versions were created by adding caramel at racking time.

Youngs brewed bucketloads of this beer. Mild was still very popular in London. 

1939 Youngs X Ale
pale malt	1.50 lb	19.82%
mild malt	4.75 lb	62.75%
crystal malt 120 L	0.50 lb	6.61%
malt extract	0.25 lb	3.30%
No. 3 invert sugar	0.50 lb	6.61%
caramel 1000 SRM	0.07 lb	0.92%
Fuggles 105 min	1.00 oz
Fuggles 30 min	1.00 oz
OG	1035
FG	1007
ABV	3.70
Apparent attenuation	80.00%
IBU	25
SRM	14.5
Mash at	152º F
Sparge at	170º F
Boil time	105 minutes
pitching temp	59º F
Yeast	WLP002 English Ale